“Normal” is what happens every day: our daily routines, our habits, the many small facets of our intricate lives. But we have already shifted into a new normal. Changes take about 30 days to become habits. We’ve had five months of changes enforced upon us. A friend of mine spent about £4000 each year at…
Month: July 2020
If you’ve already tried Norway, don’t read this.
Living in a foreign country is awfully interesting. When I embarked for the UK back in 2006, I expected it to be a little like “going home”. Enid Blyton, Noddy, everything quaint, with funny accents, but almost understandable. It wasn’t. It felt a little like SA was in the ’70s. Without the sunny skies, braaivleis…
The COVID Pineapple
In every bank manager’s office is a piece of furniture which looks like a chair. When you visit your bank manager to borrow money, he points to this piece of furniture. He says, “Won’t you bend over my barrel?” He knows that 9 out of 10 small-business owners wait until it’s too late to borrow…